Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 313: Sister Support 

Ella

“Ella!” I hear my sister’s voice cry the same moment I hear the front door to the house open. I stand quickly from my seat in Sinclair’s office, Rafe awake and peaceful in my arms, and move to the open doorway.

“Cora!” I call. I see her spin away from the living room where she was looking for me and jog down the hall towards me, Roger closing the house’s main door behind him as he enters as well. Cora takes my shoulders in her hands as soon as she gets close.

–

“Are you

– are you all right?” she gasps, looking me over, and then looking down towards the baby. I can see a little relief come into her face the moment she sees us both before her, intact and safe.

“We’re okay,” I say, giving her a little smile. “For right now, we’re okay. Thank you for coming so late at night.”

My sister snaps her eyes up at me, frowning a little.

“What?” I ask.

“I just…” she says, confused, glancing back at Roger, “I didn’t expect you to be so calm.”

“Well, it happened like, eleven hours ago,” I say, raising my eyebrows at her. “We’ve had some time to process and plan

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coming down the hall towards us. “The way this one was pounding on my door,

hell,” he mutters, his frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful heading into your

his mouth to retort but I reach out and give him a little shove

the investigators.

gone, “why didn’t you text me earlier if this happened hours ago? There wasn’t anything on my phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 – and then all of a sudden

and looping my arm with Cora’s at

“Sinclair brought in his team of investigators – the ones

and they wanted to…clear you. Before I

Cora asks, confused.

say, my mouth pulling into

her voice ringing out through the house. Rafe flinches and starts to cry, still cuddled in

look as op my am mers al work to settle we baby, bobbing him in my arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team

I was a suspect! After everything!” Cora says, her voice softer now, but

hours,” I reply, rolling my eyes and wishing to mollify her because, honestly, it was more like six hours. “And

her face and covers it, taking a minute to breathe in deeply and then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down

you, Ella,” Cora says, her voice as pleading as it is insistent.

I say, shaking my head at her, my eyes wide with apology. “You know that I know you have nothing to

Sinclair says, peeking out from the office. “Forgive my investigators – they were just following process and

see that she understands. “Okay,” she says, nodding. “I get it. But, what can

he slowly walks over to us. “You have more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there. We’d like to see if

everything. But don’t your investigators have the notes?” Cora asks, confused,

as I passes the baby to Sinclair and take both of Cora’s hands. The baby calms almost instantly in Sinclair’s arms. “How

with her jaw. “Are you serious? Ether?”

to do hypnosis?”

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